diff --git a/onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.ucfirst.php b/onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.ucfirst.php
index c625363..bb8ff9e 100644
--- a/onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.ucfirst.php
+++ b/onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.ucfirst.php
@@ -20,5 +20,10 @@
  */
 function smarty_modifier_ucfirst($chaine)
 {
-    return mb_convert_case($chaine, MB_CASE_TITLE, 'UTF-8');
+    $chaineS = strtr($chaine, "áàâäãéèêëẽíìîïĩóòôöõúùûüũýỳŷÿỹ", "ÁÀÂÄÃÉÈÊËẼÍÌÎÏĨÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜŨÝỲŶŸỸ");
+    if ($chaineS[0].$chaineS[1] != $chaine[0].$chaine[1]) {
+        return $chaineS[0].$chaineS[1].substr($chaine, 2);
+    } else {
+        return ucfirst($chaine);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.ucfirst.php3 b/onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.ucfirst.php3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea01fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.ucfirst.php3
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ * @package Smarty
+ * @subpackage plugins
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Smarty capitalize modifier plugin
+ *
+ * Type:     modifier<br>
+ * Name:     capitalize<br>
+ * Purpose:  capitalize words in the string
+ * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifiers.php#LANGUAGE.MODIFIER.CAPITALIZE
+ *      capitalize (Smarty online manual)
+ * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
+ * @param string
+ * @return string
+ */
+function smarty_modifier_ucfirst($chaine)
+{
+    $chaineS = strtr($chaine, "áàâäãéèêëẽíìîïĩóòôöõúùûüũýỳŷÿỹ", "ÁÀÂÄÃÉÈÊËẼÍÌÎÏĨÓÒÔÖÕÚÙÛÜŨÝỲŶŸỸ");
+    if ($chaineS[0].$chaineS[1] != $chaine[0].$chaine[1])
+        return $chaineS[0].$chaineS[1].substr($chaine, 2);
+    else
+        return ucfirst($chaine);
+}
+
+
+?>